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Before me personally appeared the undersigned Patience Nelson and and being duly sworn deposes as follows

My Name is Patience Nelson I live in the City of Memphis Tenn. On the night of the 3d day of May 1866 during the riot in the City of Memphis some of the rioters burned my house to the ground. I was on the corner of Causey & South. My loss amounts to $100.00
Patience her x mark Nelson

Subscribed and Sworn to before me this the 7" day of May 1866 at Memphis Tenn

(Signed), Mich Walsh
Capt & AAAG
PM Freedmen

A true copy
F.M H. Kendrick
Capt and AI Genl